Synset

serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy
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"a provocative remark"
"a provocative smile"
"provocative Irish tunes which...compel the hearers to dance"- Anthony Trollope

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

antonym

semantic pointers

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